Portrait of white-haired actor/producer E. S. (Edward Smith) Willard wearing a tuxedo with white necktie. led the Edward Smith Willard Repertory in the early years of the 20th century. Born in England in 1853, Willard led the Edward Smith Willard...

Catalog for Hospital College of Medicine 1894 for January to June session. Includes faculty, program information, graduates for 1893, honor roll details, session information for the College of Philosophy, Letters, and Science for 1894, and a list...

City Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, at the turn of the 20th century. The clock tower is fully visible, as are a few neighboring buildings and the street. Appears to date to the turn of the 20th century.

Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...

Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...

Oral history interview conducted on May 9, 1979 with Frances Smith by Mary Bobo. Mrs. Smith, a former nursing home owner and administrator discusses her childhood in Russellville, Kentucky, moving to Louisville at age twelve to tend to an aunt,...

Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...

Jefferson Street west of 15th Street showing lighting conditions prior the installation of streetlights. In the early 20th century, a street lined with lights was often referred to as a white way. An inscription on the photograph indicates this...

Jefferson Street west of 15th Street showing lighting conditions prior the installation of streetlights. In the early 20th century, a street lined with lights was often referred to as a white way. An inscription on the photograph indicates this...

Jefferson Street east from 26th Street showing lighting conditions prior the installation of streetlights. In the early 20th century, a street lined with lights was often referred to as a white way. An inscription on the photograph indicates this...

A long brick building with three entrances is shown with patches of snow on the ground and immature trees planted in front that have lost their leaves. This may be an apartment building. The windows are square and evenly placed. There are stairs...

Two men on the banks of the Kentucky River, and another man in a small boat in the river, survey the High Bridge, which was originally planned to be a suspension bridge but construction was halted during the Civil War. When the bridge was completed...

High Bridge over the Kentucky River. It stood 275 feet tall and spanned 1,125 feet. When the bridge was completed in 1877 (after construction was halted during the Civil War), it was the first cantilever bridge in North America, and also the...

Portrait of Ethel Cain of Louisville, Kentucky, her hair short and wearing a lace collared blouse. Stamped on bottom, front corner of image: Beckmann's Studio, Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on back: National Bank of Kentucky. Stamped on back:...

Portrait of Mrs. Emma Cimiotti of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a high-collared dress and her silver hair short. Theodore Cimiotti was her late husband. Handwritten on back of image: Chairman of reception to be given by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the...

Portrait of Louisa Starks (Mrs. Newton) Yager, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky with daughter Eleanor Cannon seated on her lap. The photograph has been painted on cropping her image, marked with discolorations, and yellowing from age. Stamped on back of...